THE SOCIAL ORIGINS OF THE TAIWAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT: THE MAKING OF FORMOSA MAGAZINE, 1979

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August 11, 2011January 11, 2015 Trista di Genova 0 Comment DPP, Formosa Betrayed, Formosa incident, Formosa Kaohsiung incident, George H. Kerr, Kaohsiung, KMT, Linda Arrigo, Linda Gail Arrigo 艾琳達 Ài Líndá, meilidao, political dissidents, Shih Ming-te 施明德, Taiwan history

THE SOCIAL ORIGINS OF THE TAIWAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT: THE MAKING OF FORMOSA MAGAZINE, 1979 by Linda Gail Arrigo original July 1981; revised March 1992 PREFACE This article was completed in July 1981, and is reproduced here slightly abridged but unaltered in substance. Written for a Taiwanese-American audience that idolized the

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Taiwan’s Unsung Hero: A Tribute to Linda Arrigo

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July 18, 2011March 1, 2019 Trista di Genova 4 Comments 2-28 incident, aboriginal culture in Taiwan, aboriginal naming rights, Amnesty International, chen shui-bian, DPP, Formosa Kaohsiung incident, human rights, Kaohsiung, KMT, Lee teng-hui, Lin family murders, Linda Gail Arrigo 艾琳達 Ài Líndá, Lynn Miles, martial law in Taiwan, Political Beats, political dissidents, pro-Taiwan independence movement, Shih Ming-te 施明德, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan history, Tien Chao-min, US military in Taiwan, White Terror

One of the most underappreciated intellectuals around, for decades Linda Gail Arrigo has stuck to her guns and stood up for human rights in Taiwan. She should be thanked for always being a truth-teller, and providing authorities with at times a much-needed cattleprod to their conscience [Note:Other publications have declined

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